Thursday, June 26, 2014

I see that a group of experts has concluded that children should only drink water at mealtimes, and that all other liquids should be banned.

For why?

We are becoming a nation of fatties and one of the culprits is all the sugar laden shite that we apparently all consume.

There is of course an irony here, fruit juices (laden with sugar, both natural and added) have long been promoted by Nanny as an essential source of her now debunked 5 a day campaign.

Anyhoo, all that aside, Prof Susan Jebb of the University of Oxford is quoted by the BBC:

"It comes back to simple advice to parents - encourage your children to drink water.

Once they've been weaned, 'children should be drinking
water' is absolutely the message. Milk is fine, but that should be the
mainstay of our advice."

Her comment about milk is interesting, because when I was a nipper I never drank water but 3 pints of milk a day.

Did I become obese?

No!

However, as a child I was brought up with the concept that cola etc was a treat to be enjoyed once in a while; it was not to be consumed on a daily basis.

The issue, as ever, comes down to sensible eating and drinking habits built on a basis of sound parenting; where kids are taught that they cannot have everything they want (eg packets of crisps and gallons of sugar laden shite).

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Brighton beach was awash with luminous yellow yesterday, as a gazillion school kids descended onto the beach all wearing hi vis jackets (aside from being completely unnecessary, it must have been very uncomfortable to wear them in the baking sunshine).

Whatever happened to school uniforms?

Anyhoo, kudos to the one child who had the guts and strength of character to remove her hi vis jacket.

She is evidently marked out for great things in life when she grows up!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

I am gemused to see that central Nanny has decided to ban local Nanny from using CCTV to fine people for parking irregularities (ie wherein local councils use CCTV as an easy way to screw money out of people).

The Deregulation Bill, which is expected to be passed this Autumn, will ban councils from using CCTV cameras and “spy cars” to enforce
parking restrictions in an effort to stop “over-zealous” enforcement.

Additionally drivers will be encouraged to appeal against more parking tickets, with the
introduction of a 25% discount for those who try to overturn a fine
but fail.

For why has central Nanny taken this stand?

Apart from the fact she knows that people loath their councils, she has also realised that by making it almost impossible to park anywhere local shops etc are suffering.

Cameras will only be used to enforce parking rules in bus lanes, on red routes and outside schools.

Councils of course hate this idea, and have warned that they will simply spend less on road repairs and subsidies for buses etc; ie they are threatening to take out their frustration on their own subjects.

These fines have been a real cash cow for local councils, approximately nine million parking fines are issued every year in England.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Seemingly, if research is to be believed, sunshine is addictive and has a similar effect on the body as
heroin.

It would appear that ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun stimulate the production of endorphins,
''feel good'' hormones that act on the same biological pathway as opioid
drugs.

Lead scientist Dr David Fisher, from Harvard Medical School in the US, is quoted by the Telegraph:

''This information might serve as a valuable means of educating people to
curb excessive sun exposure in order to limit skin cancer risk as well as
accelerated skin ageing that occurs with repeated sun exposure.

Our findings suggest that the decision to protect our skin or the skin of
our children may require more of a conscious effort rather than a passive
preference.''

As to whether this research (conducted on shaved mice) is valid or not, remains open to question. Dr Richard Weller, senior lecturer in dermatology at the University of
Edinburgh, said:

''Mice are nocturnal animals, covered in fur, which avoid
the light, so one must be cautious about extrapolating from these
experiments to man.

.......It is very unlikely that evolutionary pressures would select for a trait
which reduces survival and reproductive 'fitness'. If an 'addiction' to sun
truly also exists in mankind, it suggests to me that there is a benefit to
it.
'The authors mention vitamin D, but in addition to this, epidemiological data
(particularly from Scandinavia) show that increased sun exposure is
associated with reduced all-cause mortality.

'Our recent work shows how sunlight reduces blood pressure independently of
vitamin D, which may account for some of the health enhancing effects of
sun.''

Quite!

That being said I guarantee that Nanny will misuse the results of this "research" and declare a war on sunshine (akin to her highly disastrous wars on terrorism and drugs).

Friday, June 20, 2014

As the world inches towards war in the Middle East and Ukraine, 3,000 people apparently have more important things to worry about and have signed a petition demanding that Clarks (the shoe store) remove "sexist" adverts from their stores.

One of the adverts in blue states:

‘Because boys test their shoes to destruction, so do we.’

Another in pink, says:

‘Because girls love comfort and style, we design both into our shoes.’

In other news some mothers in Brighton are moaning about a cafe that has had the "temerity" to ban buggies (because they get in the way and parents won't fold them up and store them in the designated area).

Welcome to the Nanny state, where people have no sense of perspective and have totally lost touch with reality!

Thursday, June 19, 2014

My compliments to The Horror Channel for taking us back to a pre Nanny era of TV, wherein things that are now forbidden to be shown were shown liberally.

Specifically I refer to the six episodes of Doctor Who from the late seventies, entitled "The Talons of Weng Chiang" starring Tom Baker.

In these episodes one could see:

- The eating of a joint of meat without cutlery and plates
- Various drugged ladies in their undergarments
- A working girl pointing out that she had finished for the evening
- Copious drinking of beer, wine and spirits
- Industrial quantities of tobacco smoked (both cigars and pipes)
- A detailed explanation by Leela of how to stab a man in the heart
- A visit to an opium den
- A Chinese gentleman (played by John Bennett an English actor) smoking an opium pipe
- An explanation by the above gentleman that the opium made him feel better, on account of the fact that his leg had been chewed off by a giant rat

They don't make kids' programmes like that anymore, and even if they did Auntie (the BBC) would never dare show them.

Commiserations to Robyn Rihanna Fenty, aka Rihanna, who has been banned by ASA for being too provocative.ASA are afraid that kids may see a "racy" billboard advert featuring Rihanna and a bottle of perfume, and have banned it.Nice to see they have nothing better to do!
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